by Matt Pedersen | Aug 29, 2014 | Marine, News & Notes
via NOAA – August 27th, 2014 NOAA lists 20 coral species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act Contact: Connie Barclay (301) 427-8003 (202) 441-2398 (Cell) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 27, 2014 NOAA announced today it will afford Endangered Species Act...
by Matt Pedersen | Aug 22, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
Coral Guardian seems to have embraced the concept of awareness leading to protection; to revisit and paraphrase the idea that we only conserve that which we know, understand, and cherish. As most reef aquarists already understand, little in the natural world can hold...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 25, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
With the Florida import ban on Lionfish of the genus Pterois starting a week from today, I reached out to learn what the industry was doing to prepare. John Reiter, proprietor of retailer Fish and Other ICHTHY Stuff, in Oldsmar, FL, simply stated that, “I...
by Matt Pedersen | Jul 23, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, Marine
“Black Round Tubs”, or BRTs as they are commonly called, have become the new standard in marine fish larviculture, being seen in both commercial and hobbyist level applications (we occasionally see a variation on the BRT, the “Blue Round Tubs”,...
by Matt Pedersen | Jun 24, 2014 | CORAL - Matt Pedersen, CORAL Excerpt, Marine
This is an expanded online version of the Reef News article first published in the print and digital editions of the July/August 2014 issue of CORAL Magazine. I would like to call this news shocking, but truthfully it was anticipated and expected among the marine fish...
